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Speaker 1 (00:00):
There comes a time when the future of all beings
hangs by the thinnest thread andin that moment something
ancient awakens, not throughviolence, not through politics,
but through the power of theheart.
Last night I had a conversationthat left my spirit heavy, and
today something sacred found itsway to me Trigger warning this
(00:27):
episode contains spirituallyintense themes of emotional
distress, climate grief andprophetic teachings.
Listener discretion is advised,especially for those processing
collective or personal trauma.
Welcome to Life Points withRhonda, the podcast where
healing meets real life.
I'm your host, rhonda, andtoday's episode comes straight
from the soul.
I want to talk to you aboutsomething that moved me to tears
(00:50):
and gave me strength at thesame time.
It's called the ShampalaWarrior Prophecy.
But before we go there, let metell you how it came to me
through sisterhood, throughrevelation and through the deep
need for hope in a time ofdespair.
If today's episode speaks toyour soul, don't forget to share
(01:12):
it.
Subscribe to Life Points withRhonda on all major streaming
platforms and follow me acrosssocial media.
At Life Points with Rhonda, youcan also visit
lifepointswithrhondacom for pastepisodes, free gifts and
healing resources.
You're not alone on thisjourney.
Who is Joanna Macy?
Joanna Macy is more than just ascholar or a speaker.
(01:35):
She is an elder, a vessel, avoice that trembles with both
urgency and tenderness.
For decades she stood at theintersection of activism and
spirituality, weaving togetherthe wisdom of Buddhism, systems
theory and deep ecology.
And when she speaks, it's notas someone observing the world
(01:59):
from afar, it's as someone whohas felt it break, who has knelt
down in its ashes and plantedseeds.
Anyway, she's a teacher of whatshe calls the work that
reconnects, a body of teachingsthat helps us remain fully awake
and emotionally present intimes of ecological and societal
(02:19):
collapse.
Her words do not numb you, theystir you.
Perhaps her words do not numbyou, they stir you.
She doesn't invite us to lookaway from the chaos, but rather
to step into it, guided by thetools of grief, gratitude and
courage.
In one of her most powerfulteachings, she shared a Tibetan
prophecy known as the ShambhalaWarrior Prophecy.
And that's the message I camehere to tell you about today,
(02:43):
because just last night, in asacred circle with some of my
herbal sisters, something wasrevealed, something heavy.
We were left feeling raw anduncertain.
But this morning another sister, christy, sent me a video that
changed everything, a message Ibelieve was meant for us and
(03:03):
maybe for you too.
Before I explain the prophecyitself, I want you to understand
this Joanna Macy doesn't offeranswers, she offers pathways,
and one of those pathways isthis ancient story of the
Shambhala warriors, those whowalk silently through the flames
of destruction with only twoweapons compassion and insight
(03:26):
into the interdependence of alllife.
And that story is what we'llexplore next.
Something isn't right, the pulseof a world in crisis let's just
be honest, family.
Something is off.
All over the world.
You can feel it like a low humjust beneath the surface of our
(03:47):
lives.
People are anxious and can'tsleep, time feels distorted, our
weather patterns are unstable,violent even.
And the headlines?
They don't even shock usanymore.
It's like we've all been slowlyconditioned to accept madness
as the norm.
You scroll your timeline andit's a mix of celebrity scandals
, natural disasters, economicbreakdowns and AI-generated
(04:10):
confusion.
People are losing jobs,relationships are breaking down,
leaders are exposed as liarsand systems we trusted are
literally collapsing.
And on top of that, there'sthis deep collective fatigue
that's more than just burnout.
It's soul-tired, spiritualpeople are feeling it too, maybe
(04:31):
even more the empaths, thehealers, the dreamers, the
warriors of light.
We're catching downloads in themiddle of the night we're
seeing strange patterns in thesky, prophetic dreams are
increasing.
People you haven't heard fromin years are popping up to say I
had to check on you, I don'tknow why.
And let's not ignore thespiritual warfare, because it's
(04:55):
real.
Whether you speak in tongues,read the Odu, work with crystals
or just sit quietly with yourancestors, you know something is
going on.
There's a battle between chaosand consciousness, between
illusion and truth.
And the veil Baby, the veil isthin.
(05:18):
Even nature feels like it'scrying out Waters, rising fires,
burning, animals appearing instrange places, ancient lands
being disturbed and the earth,she's shifting.
We're living through a kind ofunraveling, and it's not random,
it's prophetic, it's part of abigger spiritual turning point.
(05:42):
So what do we do with that?
Do we numb out, do we panic ordo we wake up?
That's what the Shambhalawarrior prophecy speaks to.
It doesn't deny the destruction, it names it, it doesn't bypass
the pain, it moves through itand it calls forth a specific
kind of warrior, the kind thisworld wasn't ready for, but the
(06:03):
kind we need.
In the next segment, I'm goingto tell you exactly what that
prophecy says, not to scare you,not to go viral, but because I
truly believe the message wassent to me and now I'm sending
it to you.
The prophecy unfolded.
The Shambhala Warriors' toolsso here it is family.
(06:23):
The Shambhala Warrior's Toolsso here it is family.
The Shambhala Warrior prophecyis an ancient Tibetan teaching.
It was passed down orally forcenturies, carried like a sacred
ember by monks and mystics.
Joanna Macy, who studied thisprophecy in her deep ecological
and Buddhist work, brought itforward to modern ears in a way
that feels timely, maybe evenurgent.
(06:46):
The prophecy says that therewill come a time when the earth
is dying, systems will becrumbling, the air will be
choking, the oceans rising,greed, hatred and confusion will
be written into law, technologywill be worshipped and
(07:07):
everything will seem upside down.
And just when it feels like theend, a new kind of warrior will
emerge.
Not soldiers in uniforms, notpolitical leaders, not
billionaires or tech giants, butordinary people, people like
you and me, people walking witha limp from their own healing
journey, people who have criedthrough the night and still got
up to pray at dawn, people whohave nothing left to lose but
(07:29):
everything's still worthprotecting.
They are called the ShambhalaWarriors, but here's the twist
they fight with no weapons.
Their tools are not guns orswords.
They carry only two thingscompassion and insight into the
interdependence of all life.
Let me say that againCompassion and insight.
That's it, that's the entirearsenal.
(07:51):
Because in this prophecy thebattle we're fighting isn't just
out there, it's also in here,in the heart, in the mind, in
the choices we make whennobody's watching.
Joanna said the warriors must gointo the heart of the very
systems that are collapsing,into the institutions, the
(08:11):
governments, the corporations,the communities that are dying
from spiritual starvation.
But they don't go in withviolence.
They go in with clarity andlove and the wisdom to know that
everything is connected.
See, the Shambhala warriorunderstands that destroying your
(08:35):
enemy is just another form ofself-harm, because your enemy is
still part of the whole.
And if we are truly interwoven,then healing must begin with
courage that comes from deeppresence, not domination.
Now pause and breathe on that,because maybe you've already
been that warrior and didn'teven know.
(08:56):
Maybe you're the one who heldspace for someone in a moment of
crisis.
Maybe you've stood up againstinjustice, even when your voice
shook.
Maybe you've spent yearshealing family trauma and trying
to break cycles.
Your ancestors couldn't.
That counts.
That is the work.
This prophecy isn't aboutwaiting for some chosen few.
(09:17):
It's about remembering that weare the ones, the ones who know
how to bring a soft hand to ahardened world, the ones who
understand that spiritual workis resistance, that love is a
shield, that compassion is astrategy.
In this moment, right now, theprophecy is being fulfilled.
(09:37):
So let me ask you, where areyou being called to fight
differently?
What would it look like for youto show up as a Shambhala
warrior in your own life?
In the next segment, we'regoing to talk about exactly that
.
We'll explore what it means toembody this prophecy, not just
as a concept, but as a way ofliving in this wild, unraveling
world, because your life is notrandom, your timing is not an
(10:01):
accident and you're not herejust to survive.
You're here to transform,living the prophecy what it
means for us now.
Let's bring it down to earth,family, because if you're still
with me right now, that meansthis message wasn't just for
your ears, it was for your soul.
The Shambhala Warrior Prophecyisn't just a spiritual bedtime
(10:22):
story.
It's a spiritual wake-up call,and if you're listening to this
episode really listening thenyou're probably already carrying
some of that warrior energyinside you.
But what does that even looklike in this world we're living
in.
It looks like the mother whoprays over her children's food
with trembling hands whiletrying to keep the lights on.
(10:43):
It looks like the healer whogives free herbs to a neighbor
who can't afford medicine.
It looks like the teacher whoplants seeds of self-worth in a
system that devalues black andbrown children.
It looks like the man whochooses therapy over trauma.
The daughter who forgives amother that never said I'm sorry
.
The community organizer whostill believes we can do better,
(11:04):
even when the system says wecan't.
You see, this prophecy doesn'tneed perfection.
It calls for presence.
It doesn't ask us to befearless.
It asks us to show up anyway.
This is for those of uscarrying ancestral wisdom,
unspoken grief and sacred rage.
This is for the spiritualactivists, the quiet empaths,
(11:25):
the boundary setters, thecrystal lovers, the IFA
practitioners, the kitchenwitches, resetters, the crystal
lovers, the IFA practitioners,the kitchen witches, the ones
who read the stars or pray bycandlelight, the ones who cry
alone but still get up and speaklife into others.
You are living the prophecyevery time.
You choose Truth over comfort,healing over hiding, connection
over control.
(11:46):
Because compassion, realcompassion, is not passive.
It's fierce, it has teeth.
It says I see your humanityeven when you forget it.
And that insight into theinterdependence of all life,
that's not just theory, that'sunderstanding that how we treat
the earth is how we treatourselves, that what happens to
(12:09):
one of us ripples into all of us, that the line between personal
healing and collective healingdoes not exist.
They are the same.
Let me ask you something whenwas the last time you honored
your own path as sacred?
When did you last say mypresence here matters, my
(12:29):
compassion changes things, myvision is needed.
I am part of this unfoldingprophecy Because you are, and
just like my herbal sister,christy sent that video at the
exact right moment.
Maybe this episode is yourmoment too, a whisper from
spirit saying warrior, it's timeNot to fight the way the world
(12:50):
taught you, but to stand in yourknowing, rooted, loving and
unshakably awake.
The sisterhood that carries us.
Honoring Christy and themessage wouldn't exist without
(13:13):
Christy, one of my herbalsisters, my soul kin, my
spiritual mirror.
Yesterday was heavy, one ofthose nights where the air feels
thick and the truth is too bigto hold by yourself.
We had just come from a spacewhere something sacred and
painful was spoken aloud, and itleft all of us sitting with a
weight that didn't feel likeours but somehow still lived in
our bones.
That didn't feel like ours butsomehow still lived in our bones
.
There was no fixing it, nowrapping it up in a pretty
(13:33):
affirmation, just the stillness,the ache, the knowing.
And then this morning, as ifspirit herself whispered through
the algorithm, christy sent mea video.
It was Joanna Macy speakingsoftly about the Shambhala
warrior prophecy, as if she hadbeen in the room with us, as if
she heard what we were carryingand came to offer not a solution
(13:56):
, but a path.
When I watched it, somethingcracked open in me, not from
sadness but from recognition,like yes, this this is what
we've been feeling, this is whatwe couldn't name, this this is
what we've been feeling, this iswhat we couldn't name.
And I just want to say,publicly and with deep love
(14:16):
thank you, christy, thank youfor listening to the nudge,
thank you for sending that video, thank you for being one of the
Shambhala Warriors in your ownquiet, grounded, medicine-making
way.
That's the thing aboutsisterhood, y'all.
It's not always loud, it's notalways loud, it's not always
public.
Sometimes it's a message at 9am that changes the entire day.
(14:37):
Sometimes it's a shared silencethat holds more wisdom than a
sermon.
This is how we rise together,and if you've got someone like
that in your life, someone whosends you light without needing
credit, reach out to them today.
Let them know they're seen.
Because this work we do, thishealing, this awakening, this
(14:59):
walking through fire with onlylove in our hands.
It's sacred and it's not meantto be done alone.
The cost of awakening in acollapsing world.
Let's be real.
Awakening is not all light andlavender.
There's a cost to being awakein a world that thrives on
distraction.
There's grief, there'sisolation, there's the quiet
(15:20):
pain of realizing that, once youtruly see, you can't unsee, and
that changes everything the wayyou eat, the way you love, the
way you move through your day,even the way you pray.
Awakening will cost you comfort.
It'll pull you out of toxiccycles, but it won't always tell
you what comes next.
(15:40):
It'll ask you to forgive peoplewho aren't even sorry, to break
generational curses with noapplause, to walk away from
systems that reward conformityand to choose your peace over
being liked.
But here's the sacred truth.
What awakening gives you inreturn is priceless.
You gain discernment, you gainspiritual authority, you gain
(16:00):
the ability to stand in roomsfull of confusion and still know
who you are.
You begin to recognize otherwarriors by how they walk, how
they speak, how they love andsuddenly, even if the world
around you is crumbling, you'renot lost in it.
You become the calm in thestorm, the healing in the chaos,
(16:21):
the voice that doesn't trembleeven when your heart breaks.
And let me say this to someonewho needs to hear it You're not
crazy, you're just awake.
And yes, it's heavy, but it'sholy.
This is not the time to playsmall.
If you're still trying toshrink yourself to fit into a
world that's breaking apart, letthis be your wake-up call.
(16:42):
Now is not the time to waterdown your magic.
Now is not the time tosecond-guess your gift.
Now is not the time to playnice with systems that silence
truth.
This prophecy isn't aboutwaiting for someone to give you
permission.
It's about remembering that youalready have divine permission
because you were born for thistime.
Every dream that won't leaveyou alone, that's your spiritual
(17:04):
GPS saying go deeper.
Every ache in your spirit thatwhispers there's more for me
than this.
That's not a fantasy, that's asummons.
You are not here to tiptoethrough life, hoping not to
upset anyone.
You are here to live fully,love fiercely and lead gently,
and I say this with love.
(17:25):
Playing small does not serveyour ancestors.
Dimming your light does notprotect your lineage.
This world needs the fullversion of you, not the edited
one.
So if you've been waiting for asign, this is it.
If you've been waiting forsomeone to call you forward, I'm
doing it now.
It's time to walk in yourmedicine, to speak your truth,
to show up not as a shadow, butas a force.
(17:46):
You are the fulfillment of theprophecy.
Not later, not next year.
Now.
Life Points and Takeaways, whatwe do with the message now.
All right, family, we've walkedthrough the heaviness, the
truth and the fire of thisprophecy together.
Now it's time to ground it inyour life, because the Shambhala
(18:07):
warrior prophecy is not meantto sit on a shelf like an
ancient relic.
It's meant to be embodied.
So here are your life pointsfor today.
One choose compassion as yourfirst weapon.
Compassion isn't about excusingharmful behavior.
It's about staying rooted inyour humanity, even when the
world is trying to strip it away.
Every time you choose empathyover apathy, you step deeper
(18:31):
into your role as a warrior.
Two strengthen your insight,the second tool of the Shampala
warrior is understanding theinterdependence of all life.
That means staying aware of howyour choices ripple outward
what you buy, what you consume,what you speak, what you support
Live like it.
All matters because it does.
(18:53):
Three protect your energy.
A warrior knows when to fightand when to rest.
You can't pour from an emptyvessel.
Your rest, your joy, yourboundaries these are part of
your spiritual armor.
Four answer your callingwithout delay.
If spirit is whispering to you,act on it.
The world is shifting too fastfor you to keep waiting for the
(19:16):
right time.
The time is now too fast foryou to keep waiting for the
right time.
The time is now.
Five nurture your community,whether it's your sister circle,
your family, your neighbors oryour online tribe.
Keep those bonds strong.
The prophecy teaches us thatwarriors are everywhere, but
we're stronger when we movetogether.
And let me leave you with this,from my heart to yours you are
(19:38):
not powerless, you are not toolate, you are exactly where
you're supposed to be and youare more equipped for this
moment than you realize.
The clothes and blessing Family.
As I sit here reflecting oneverything we've walked through
in this episode, I keep comingback to that moment when Christy
hit send on that video.
She probably had no idea howmuch I needed it.
(20:00):
She probably didn't realizethat it would become the seed
for this conversation with allof you, and maybe that's the
beauty of it.
Sometimes the most powerfulacts of love are the quiet ones,
the ones that ripple outfurther than we'll ever see.
Joanna Macy's words and theShambhala Warrior prophecy are
not just ancient wisdom.
They are a mirror for our times.
(20:21):
They remind us that we are partof a lineage of warriors who
fight not with violence but withheart.
Warriors who move through chaoswith steady hands and clear
eyes.
And I believe with everythingin me that you are one of them.
So tonight, when the noise ofthe world gets too loud, I want
(20:41):
you to pause, place your hand onyour heart, feel your own pulse
and remember that rhythm isancient.
It's connected to everyheartbeat that ever fought for
love, for justice, for lifeitself.
You are not alone in this work.
You are held, you are guided.
You are not alone in this work.
You are held, you are guided,you are equipped.
(21:02):
So go forward, not with fear,but with that fierce, tender
compassion the prophecy spoke of.
Go forward knowing that yourpresence, your choices and your
light matter.
Until next time, family, stayrooted, stay rising and remember
the warrior you're looking forhas always been you, the close
(21:25):
and blessing family.
As I sit here reflecting oneverything we've walked through
in this episode, I keep comingback to that moment when Christy
hit send on that video.
She probably had no idea howmuch I needed it.
She probably didn't realizethat it would become the seed
for this conversation with allof you, and maybe that's the
beauty of it.
Sometimes the most powerfulacts of love are the quiet ones,
(21:52):
the ones that ripple outfurther than we'll ever see.
Joanna Macy's words and theShambhala warrior prophecy are
not just ancient wisdom.
They are a mirror for our times.
They remind us that we are partof a lineage of warriors who
fight not with violence but withheart.
Warriors who move through chaoswith steady hands and clear
eyes, and I believe witheverything in me that you are
(22:15):
one of them.
So tonight, when the noise ofthe world gets too loud, I want
you to pause, place your hand onyour heart, feel your own pulse
and remember that rhythm isancient.
It's connected to everyheartbeat that ever fought for
love, for justice, for lifeitself.
(22:36):
You are not alone in this work.
You are held, you are guided,you are equipped.
In this work, you are held, youare guided, you are equipped.
So go forward, not with fear,but with that fierce, tender
compassion the prophecy spoke of.
Go forward, knowing that yourpresence, your choices and your
light matter.
Family, if today's messagespoke to your spirit, don't let
(23:02):
it stop here.
Share this episode with someonewho needs to remember their own
warrior heart.
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(23:25):
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Remember your presence here isnot by accident.
You were born for this time andyour light is needed.
So until we meet again, stayrooted, stay rising and keep
(23:50):
living those life points.
Until next time, family, stayrooted, stay rising and remember
the warrior you're looking foris you.
(26:20):
Thank you, thank you.
There comes a time when the future of all beings
hangs by the thinnest thread andin that moment something
ancient awakens, not throughviolence, not through politics,
but through the power of theheart.
Last night I had a conversationthat left my spirit heavy, and
today something sacred found itsway to me Trigger warning this
(00:27):
episode contains spirituallyintense themes of emotional
distress, climate grief andprophetic teachings.
Listener discretion is advised,especially for those processing
collective or personal trauma.
Welcome to Life Points withRhonda, the podcast where
healing meets real life.
I'm your host, rhonda, andtoday's episode comes straight
from the soul.
I want to talk to you aboutsomething that moved me to tears
(00:50):
and gave me strength at thesame time.
It's called the ShampalaWarrior Prophecy.
But before we go there, let metell you how it came to me
through sisterhood, throughrevelation and through the deep
need for hope in a time ofdespair.
If today's episode speaks toyour soul, don't forget to share
(01:12):
it.
Subscribe to Life Points withRhonda on all major streaming
platforms and follow me acrosssocial media.
At Life Points with Rhonda, youcan also visit
lifepointswithrhondacom for pastepisodes, free gifts and
healing resources.
You're not alone on thisjourney.
Who is Joanna Macy?
Joanna Macy is more than just ascholar or a speaker.
(01:35):
She is an elder, a vessel, avoice that trembles with both
urgency and tenderness.
For decades she stood at theintersection of activism and
spirituality, weaving togetherthe wisdom of Buddhism, systems
theory and deep ecology.
And when she speaks, it's notas someone observing the world
(01:59):
from afar, it's as someone whohas felt it break, who has knelt
down in its ashes and plantedseeds.
Anyway, she's a teacher of whatshe calls the work that
reconnects, a body of teachingsthat helps us remain fully awake
and emotionally present intimes of ecological and societal
(02:19):
collapse.
Her words do not numb you, theystir you.
Perhaps her words do not numbyou, they stir you.
She doesn't invite us to lookaway from the chaos, but rather
to step into it, guided by thetools of grief, gratitude and
courage.
In one of her most powerfulteachings, she shared a Tibetan
prophecy known as the ShambhalaWarrior Prophecy.
And that's the message I camehere to tell you about today,
(02:43):
because just last night, in asacred circle with some of my
herbal sisters, something wasrevealed, something heavy.
We were left feeling raw anduncertain.
But this morning another sister, christy, sent me a video that
changed everything, a message Ibelieve was meant for us and
(03:03):
maybe for you too.
Before I explain the prophecyitself, I want you to understand
this Joanna Macy doesn't offeranswers, she offers pathways,
and one of those pathways isthis ancient story of the
Shambhala warriors, those whowalk silently through the flames
of destruction with only twoweapons compassion and insight
(03:26):
into the interdependence of alllife.
And that story is what we'llexplore next.
Something isn't right, the pulseof a world in crisis let's just
be honest, family.
Something is off.
All over the world.
You can feel it like a low humjust beneath the surface of our
(03:47):
lives.
People are anxious and can'tsleep, time feels distorted, our
weather patterns are unstable,violent even.
And the headlines?
They don't even shock usanymore.
It's like we've all been slowlyconditioned to accept madness
as the norm.
You scroll your timeline andit's a mix of celebrity scandals
, natural disasters, economicbreakdowns and AI-generated
(04:10):
confusion.
People are losing jobs,relationships are breaking down,
leaders are exposed as liarsand systems we trusted are
literally collapsing.
And on top of that, there'sthis deep collective fatigue
that's more than just burnout.
It's soul-tired, spiritualpeople are feeling it too, maybe
(04:31):
even more the empaths, thehealers, the dreamers, the
warriors of light.
We're catching downloads in themiddle of the night we're
seeing strange patterns in thesky, prophetic dreams are
increasing.
People you haven't heard fromin years are popping up to say I
had to check on you, I don'tknow why.
And let's not ignore thespiritual warfare, because it's
(04:55):
real.
Whether you speak in tongues,read the Odu, work with crystals
or just sit quietly with yourancestors, you know something is
going on.
There's a battle between chaosand consciousness, between
illusion and truth.
And the veil Baby, the veil isthin.
(05:18):
Even nature feels like it'scrying out Waters, rising fires,
burning, animals appearing instrange places, ancient lands
being disturbed and the earth,she's shifting.
We're living through a kind ofunraveling, and it's not random,
it's prophetic, it's part of abigger spiritual turning point.
(05:42):
So what do we do with that?
Do we numb out, do we panic ordo we wake up?
That's what the Shambhalawarrior prophecy speaks to.
It doesn't deny the destruction, it names it, it doesn't bypass
the pain, it moves through itand it calls forth a specific
kind of warrior, the kind thisworld wasn't ready for, but the
(06:03):
kind we need.
In the next segment, I'm goingto tell you exactly what that
prophecy says, not to scare you,not to go viral, but because I
truly believe the message wassent to me and now I'm sending
it to you.
The prophecy unfolded.
The Shambhala Warriors' toolsso here it is family.
(06:23):
The Shambhala Warrior's Toolsso here it is family.
The Shambhala Warrior prophecyis an ancient Tibetan teaching.
It was passed down orally forcenturies, carried like a sacred
ember by monks and mystics.
Joanna Macy, who studied thisprophecy in her deep ecological
and Buddhist work, brought itforward to modern ears in a way
that feels timely, maybe evenurgent.
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The prophecy says that therewill come a time when the earth
is dying, systems will becrumbling, the air will be
choking, the oceans rising,greed, hatred and confusion will
be written into law, technologywill be worshipped and
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everything will seem upside down.
And just when it feels like theend, a new kind of warrior will
emerge.
Not soldiers in uniforms, notpolitical leaders, not
billionaires or tech giants, butordinary people, people like
you and me, people walking witha limp from their own healing
journey, people who have criedthrough the night and still got
up to pray at dawn, people whohave nothing left to lose but
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everything's still worthprotecting.
They are called the ShambhalaWarriors, but here's the twist
they fight with no weapons.
Their tools are not guns orswords.
They carry only two thingscompassion and insight into the
interdependence of all life.
Let me say that againCompassion and insight.
That's it, that's the entirearsenal.
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Because in this prophecy thebattle we're fighting isn't just
out there, it's also in here,in the heart, in the mind, in
the choices we make whennobody's watching.
Joanna said the warriors must gointo the heart of the very
systems that are collapsing,into the institutions, the
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governments, the corporations,the communities that are dying
from spiritual starvation.
But they don't go in withviolence.
They go in with clarity andlove and the wisdom to know that
everything is connected.
See, the Shambhala warriorunderstands that destroying your
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enemy is just another form ofself-harm, because your enemy is
still part of the whole.
And if we are truly interwoven,then healing must begin with
courage that comes from deeppresence, not domination.
Now pause and breathe on that,because maybe you've already
been that warrior and didn'teven know.
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Maybe you're the one who heldspace for someone in a moment of
crisis.
Maybe you've stood up againstinjustice, even when your voice
shook.
Maybe you've spent yearshealing family trauma and trying
to break cycles.
Your ancestors couldn't.
That counts.
That is the work.
This prophecy isn't aboutwaiting for some chosen few.
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It's about remembering that weare the ones, the ones who know
how to bring a soft hand to ahardened world, the ones who
understand that spiritual workis resistance, that love is a
shield, that compassion is astrategy.
In this moment, right now, theprophecy is being fulfilled.
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So let me ask you, where areyou being called to fight
differently?
What would it look like for youto show up as a Shambhala
warrior in your own life?
In the next segment, we'regoing to talk about exactly that
.
We'll explore what it means toembody this prophecy, not just
as a concept, but as a way ofliving in this wild, unraveling
world, because your life is notrandom, your timing is not an
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accident and you're not herejust to survive.
You're here to transform,living the prophecy what it
means for us now.
Let's bring it down to earth,family, because if you're still
with me right now, that meansthis message wasn't just for
your ears, it was for your soul.
The Shambhala Warrior Prophecyisn't just a spiritual bedtime
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story.
It's a spiritual wake-up call,and if you're listening to this
episode really listening thenyou're probably already carrying
some of that warrior energyinside you.
But what does that even looklike in this world we're living
in.
It looks like the mother whoprays over her children's food
with trembling hands whiletrying to keep the lights on.
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It looks like the healer whogives free herbs to a neighbor
who can't afford medicine.
It looks like the teacher whoplants seeds of self-worth in a
system that devalues black andbrown children.
It looks like the man whochooses therapy over trauma.
The daughter who forgives amother that never said I'm sorry
.
The community organizer whostill believes we can do better,
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even when the system says wecan't.
You see, this prophecy doesn'tneed perfection.
It calls for presence.
It doesn't ask us to befearless.
It asks us to show up anyway.
This is for those of uscarrying ancestral wisdom,
unspoken grief and sacred rage.
This is for the spiritualactivists, the quiet empaths,
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the boundary setters, thecrystal lovers, the IFA
practitioners, the kitchenwitches, resetters, the crystal
lovers, the IFA practitioners,the kitchen witches, the ones
who read the stars or pray bycandlelight, the ones who cry
alone but still get up and speaklife into others.
You are living the prophecyevery time.
You choose Truth over comfort,healing over hiding, connection
over control.
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Because compassion, realcompassion, is not passive.
It's fierce, it has teeth.
It says I see your humanityeven when you forget it.
And that insight into theinterdependence of all life,
that's not just theory, that'sunderstanding that how we treat
the earth is how we treatourselves, that what happens to
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one of us ripples into all of us, that the line between personal
healing and collective healingdoes not exist.
They are the same.
Let me ask you something whenwas the last time you honored
your own path as sacred?
When did you last say mypresence here matters, my
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compassion changes things, myvision is needed.
I am part of this unfoldingprophecy Because you are, and
just like my herbal sister,christy sent that video at the
exact right moment.
Maybe this episode is yourmoment too, a whisper from
spirit saying warrior, it's timeNot to fight the way the world
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taught you, but to stand in yourknowing, rooted, loving and
unshakably awake.
The sisterhood that carries us.
Honoring Christy and themessage wouldn't exist without
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Christy, one of my herbalsisters, my soul kin, my
spiritual mirror.
Yesterday was heavy, one ofthose nights where the air feels
thick and the truth is too bigto hold by yourself.
We had just come from a spacewhere something sacred and
painful was spoken aloud, and itleft all of us sitting with a
weight that didn't feel likeours but somehow still lived in
our bones.
That didn't feel like ours butsomehow still lived in our bones
.
There was no fixing it, nowrapping it up in a pretty
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affirmation, just the stillness,the ache, the knowing.
And then this morning, as ifspirit herself whispered through
the algorithm, christy sent mea video.
It was Joanna Macy speakingsoftly about the Shambhala
warrior prophecy, as if she hadbeen in the room with us, as if
she heard what we were carryingand came to offer not a solution
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, but a path.
When I watched it, somethingcracked open in me, not from
sadness but from recognition,like yes, this this is what
we've been feeling, this is whatwe couldn't name, this this is
what we've been feeling, this iswhat we couldn't name.
And I just want to say,publicly and with deep love
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thank you, christy, thank youfor listening to the nudge,
thank you for sending that video, thank you for being one of the
Shambhala Warriors in your ownquiet, grounded, medicine-making
way.
That's the thing aboutsisterhood, y'all.
It's not always loud, it's notalways loud, it's not always
public.
Sometimes it's a message at 9am that changes the entire day.
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Sometimes it's a shared silencethat holds more wisdom than a
sermon.
This is how we rise together,and if you've got someone like
that in your life, someone whosends you light without needing
credit, reach out to them today.
Let them know they're seen.
Because this work we do, thishealing, this awakening, this
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walking through fire with onlylove in our hands.
It's sacred and it's not meantto be done alone.
The cost of awakening in acollapsing world.
Let's be real.
Awakening is not all light andlavender.
There's a cost to being awakein a world that thrives on
distraction.
There's grief, there'sisolation, there's the quiet
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pain of realizing that, once youtruly see, you can't unsee, and
that changes everything the wayyou eat, the way you love, the
way you move through your day,even the way you pray.
Awakening will cost you comfort.
It'll pull you out of toxiccycles, but it won't always tell
you what comes next.
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It'll ask you to forgive peoplewho aren't even sorry, to break
generational curses with noapplause, to walk away from
systems that reward conformityand to choose your peace over
being liked.
But here's the sacred truth.
What awakening gives you inreturn is priceless.
You gain discernment, you gainspiritual authority, you gain
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the ability to stand in roomsfull of confusion and still know
who you are.
You begin to recognize otherwarriors by how they walk, how
they speak, how they love andsuddenly, even if the world
around you is crumbling, you'renot lost in it.
You become the calm in thestorm, the healing in the chaos,
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the voice that doesn't trembleeven when your heart breaks.
And let me say this to someonewho needs to hear it You're not
crazy, you're just awake.
And yes, it's heavy, but it'sholy.
This is not the time to playsmall.
If you're still trying toshrink yourself to fit into a
world that's breaking apart, letthis be your wake-up call.
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Now is not the time to waterdown your magic.
Now is not the time tosecond-guess your gift.
Now is not the time to playnice with systems that silence
truth.
This prophecy isn't aboutwaiting for someone to give you
permission.
It's about remembering that youalready have divine permission
because you were born for thistime.
Every dream that won't leaveyou alone, that's your spiritual
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GPS saying go deeper.
Every ache in your spirit thatwhispers there's more for me
than this.
That's not a fantasy, that's asummons.
You are not here to tiptoethrough life, hoping not to
upset anyone.
You are here to live fully,love fiercely and lead gently,
and I say this with love.
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Playing small does not serveyour ancestors.
Dimming your light does notprotect your lineage.
This world needs the fullversion of you, not the edited
one.
So if you've been waiting for asign, this is it.
If you've been waiting forsomeone to call you forward, I'm
doing it now.
It's time to walk in yourmedicine, to speak your truth,
to show up not as a shadow, butas a force.
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You are the fulfillment of theprophecy.
Not later, not next year.
Now.
Life Points and Takeaways, whatwe do with the message now.
All right, family, we've walkedthrough the heaviness, the
truth and the fire of thisprophecy together.
Now it's time to ground it inyour life, because the Shambhala
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warrior prophecy is not meantto sit on a shelf like an
ancient relic.
It's meant to be embodied.
So here are your life pointsfor today.
One choose compassion as yourfirst weapon.
Compassion isn't about excusingharmful behavior.
It's about staying rooted inyour humanity, even when the
world is trying to strip it away.
Every time you choose empathyover apathy, you step deeper
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into your role as a warrior.
Two strengthen your insight,the second tool of the Shampala
warrior is understanding theinterdependence of all life.
That means staying aware of howyour choices ripple outward
what you buy, what you consume,what you speak, what you support
Live like it.
All matters because it does.
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Three protect your energy.
A warrior knows when to fightand when to rest.
You can't pour from an emptyvessel.
Your rest, your joy, yourboundaries these are part of
your spiritual armor.
Four answer your callingwithout delay.
If spirit is whispering to you,act on it.
The world is shifting too fastfor you to keep waiting for the
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right time.
The time is now too fast foryou to keep waiting for the
right time.
The time is now.
Five nurture your community,whether it's your sister circle,
your family, your neighbors oryour online tribe.
Keep those bonds strong.
The prophecy teaches us thatwarriors are everywhere, but
we're stronger when we movetogether.
And let me leave you with this,from my heart to yours you are
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not powerless, you are not toolate, you are exactly where
you're supposed to be and youare more equipped for this
moment than you realize.
The clothes and blessing Family.
As I sit here reflecting oneverything we've walked through
in this episode, I keep comingback to that moment when Christy
hit send on that video.
She probably had no idea howmuch I needed it.
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She probably didn't realizethat it would become the seed
for this conversation with allof you, and maybe that's the
beauty of it.
Sometimes the most powerfulacts of love are the quiet ones,
the ones that ripple outfurther than we'll ever see.
Joanna Macy's words and theShambhala Warrior prophecy are
not just ancient wisdom.
They are a mirror for our times.
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They remind us that we are partof a lineage of warriors who
fight not with violence but withheart.
Warriors who move through chaoswith steady hands and clear
eyes.
And I believe with everythingin me that you are one of them.
So tonight, when the noise ofthe world gets too loud, I want
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you to pause, place your hand onyour heart, feel your own pulse
and remember that rhythm isancient.
It's connected to everyheartbeat that ever fought for
love, for justice, for lifeitself.
You are not alone in this work.
You are held, you are guided.
You are not alone in this work.
You are held, you are guided,you are equipped.
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So go forward, not with fear,but with that fierce, tender
compassion the prophecy spoke of.
Go forward knowing that yourpresence, your choices and your
light matter.
Until next time, family, stayrooted, stay rising and remember
the warrior you're looking forhas always been you, the close
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and blessing family.
As I sit here reflecting oneverything we've walked through
in this episode, I keep comingback to that moment when Christy
hit send on that video.
She probably had no idea howmuch I needed it.
She probably didn't realizethat it would become the seed
for this conversation with allof you, and maybe that's the
beauty of it.
Sometimes the most powerfulacts of love are the quiet ones,
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the ones that ripple outfurther than we'll ever see.
Joanna Macy's words and theShambhala warrior prophecy are
not just ancient wisdom.
They are a mirror for our times.
They remind us that we are partof a lineage of warriors who
fight not with violence but withheart.
Warriors who move through chaoswith steady hands and clear
eyes, and I believe witheverything in me that you are
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one of them.
So tonight, when the noise ofthe world gets too loud, I want
you to pause, place your hand onyour heart, feel your own pulse
and remember that rhythm isancient.
It's connected to everyheartbeat that ever fought for
love, for justice, for lifeitself.
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You are not alone in this work.
You are held, you are guided,you are equipped.
In this work, you are held, youare guided, you are equipped.
So go forward, not with fear,but with that fierce, tender
compassion the prophecy spoke of.
Go forward, knowing that yourpresence, your choices and your
light matter.
Family, if today's messagespoke to your spirit, don't let
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it stop here.
Share this episode with someonewho needs to remember their own
warrior heart.
Subscribe to Life Points withRhonda on your favorite
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And if you want to go deeperinto healing, self-discovery and
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Remember your presence here isnot by accident.
You were born for this time andyour light is needed.
So until we meet again, stayrooted, stay rising and keep
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living those life points.
Until next time, family, stayrooted, stay rising and remember
the warrior you're looking foris you.
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Thank you, thank you.
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